Let's tone down the war talk

Like Jaco Kleynhans of Solidarity said on X, I am also one of those looking forward to the upcoming Trump administration because the business tycoon promised to end the Ukrainian-Russian war within 24 hours.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

We need such relief after four years of Joe Biden warmongering. Think of the intensification of the war in Ukraine merely to weaken Russia, threatening China over Taiwan – an issue that Beijing stated is its "number one priority" – and, the worst of all, his backing of the continued massacre of Palestinian citizens by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

With Biden's encouragement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, against advice from other leaders, wasted no time sending long-range missiles to hit inside the Russian territory. Russia's response to the attack is yet to happen, but I am afraid it could be more devastating than the Ukrainian attack.

We can but hope it doesn't turn into a nuclear war with US; we can but hope Trump really meant it when he promised to stop it.